SOLVED: Video Encoding

[TheDreadPirate]

Yeah, the force transcode settings. It isn't clear why it is being transcoded. The video is HEVC 10-bit SDR being converted to 8-bit SDR at the same bit rate. Unless you have a really really old PC, or you are forcing transcoding in JMP, the video shouldn't be transcoding. Going from 10 to 8 bits alone could partially explain the video quality issues. You're losing a lot of gradient.